FDA Orders Environmental Impact Statement on FSMA’s Produce Rule

The produce rule – one of seven specific
regulations called for in the Food Safety Modernization Act – is first going to
be subjected to a full-blown Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before it
takes effect. With at least one federal judge already breathing down the
agency’s neck over completion deadlines contained in the FSMA, the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) is promising the easy-to-bog-down environmental
process won’t delay the final rule…